| Light middleweight boxing at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Palazzo dello Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 25 August – 5 September | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Light welterweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Light middleweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 25 August to 5 September 1960. 23 boxers from 23 nations competed.[1]
Competition format
The competition was a straight single-elimination tournament, with no bronze medal match (two bronze medals were awarded, one to each semifinal loser).
Results
Results of the light middleweight boxing competition.[1][2]
Top half
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Frank Nyangweso (UGA)
| 0 | |||||||||||||
 Wilbert McClure (USA)
| 5 | Wilbert McClure (USA)
| 3 | |||||||||||
 Celedonio Lima (ARG)
| KO-2 | Celedonio Lima (ARG)
| 2 | |||||||||||
 Jeffrey Alleyne (CAN)
| L | Wilbert McClure (USA)
| 3 | |||||||||||
 Boris Lagutin (URS)
| KO-1 | Boris Lagutin (URS)
| 2 | |||||||||||
 Alhassan Brimah (GHA)
| L | Boris Lagutin (URS)
| KO-2 | |||||||||||
 Abrie Schutte (RSA)
| 1 |  John Bukowski (AUS)
| L | |||||||||||
| John Bukowski (AUS)
| 4 | |||||||||||||
Bottom half
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||
 Nicolae Stoenescu (ROU)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Dragoslav Jakovljević (YUG)
| 0 |  Souleymane Diallo (FRA)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Souleymane Diallo (FRA)
| 5 | Souleymane Diallo (FRA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Rolf Caroli (EUA)
| 2 |  Carmelo Bossi (ITA)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Pedro Votta (URU)
| 3 | Pedro Votta (URU)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carmelo Bossi (ITA)
| 5 | Carmelo Bossi (ITA)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Brian van Niekerk (RHO)
| 0 | Carmelo Bossi (ITA)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Cesáreo Barrera (ESP)
| 2 |  William Fisher (GBR)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Bas van Duivenbode (NED)
| 3 | Bas van Duivenbode (NED)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
| William Fisher (GBR)
| 5 | William Fisher (GBR)
| KO-2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Roy Askevold (NOR)
| 0 | William Fisher (GBR)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Michael Reid (IRL)
| 4 |  Henryk Dampc (POL)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Hélio Crescêncio (BRA)
| 1 | Michael Reid (IRL)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Leif Hansen (DEN)
| 1 | Henryk Dampc (POL)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Henryk Dampc (POL)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| Wilbert McClure (USA) | 3 | |||||
| Boris Lagutin (URS) | 2 | |||||
| Wilbert McClure (USA) | 4 | |||||
| Carmelo Bossi (ITA) | 1 | |||||
| Carmelo Bossi (ITA) | 3 | |||||
| William Fisher (GBR) | 2 | |||||
References
- ^ a b "Boxing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Light Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Official Report, pp. 733–740.
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